Twice a year we have the opportunity to feed the missionaries between the Sunday General Conference sessions. We changed our menu this time and decided to try a potato bar. Just in case you ever need to make chilli for 50, here's the recipe. It's also great to make this recipe and freeze it in quart-sized freezer bags. It makes a great winter supper with some yummy french bread and a really good homemade cookie.
Freezer Chilli
5 cups dried pinto beans
5 cups dried kidney beans
9 pounds ground beef
1 pound pork sausage
8 cups chopped onion
10 cloves garlic, chopped
12 cans (8 ounces) tomato sauce
10 cans (16 ounce) diced tomatoes (or 5 quarts canned tomatoes)
1 large can V-8 juice
1 can tomato paste
1/2 cup chilli powder
1/4 cup cumin
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon pepper
10 jallapeno peppers, chopped fine
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Soak beans overnight and cook until tender. Drain. Brown hamburger and sausage with chopped onions and garlic. Combine with all remaining ingredients. Simmer for about an hour. Ladle into plastic containers or ziplock bags and freeze.
By the way, when cooking in these quantities, it really helps to have a great wooden paddle like this one our dear friend, Mark, made for me. If you don't have one, good luck finding something long enough to stir a pot this size!
Freezer Chilli
5 cups dried pinto beans
5 cups dried kidney beans
9 pounds ground beef
1 pound pork sausage
8 cups chopped onion
10 cloves garlic, chopped
12 cans (8 ounces) tomato sauce
10 cans (16 ounce) diced tomatoes (or 5 quarts canned tomatoes)
1 large can V-8 juice
1 can tomato paste
1/2 cup chilli powder
1/4 cup cumin
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon pepper
10 jallapeno peppers, chopped fine
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Soak beans overnight and cook until tender. Drain. Brown hamburger and sausage with chopped onions and garlic. Combine with all remaining ingredients. Simmer for about an hour. Ladle into plastic containers or ziplock bags and freeze.
By the way, when cooking in these quantities, it really helps to have a great wooden paddle like this one our dear friend, Mark, made for me. If you don't have one, good luck finding something long enough to stir a pot this size!
7 comments:
You are amazing. I want to be in your ward because I bet every function is awesome with you in it. I don't think I have a pot that could fit all that. Maybe I will half the recipe and try the freezer bag. This would be a good thing to have on nights Ben is at work and I don't want to cook.
You ARE Amazing!!! Those are the first words that come to mind. Looks delcious! So that's what's for dinner.
Like they said, you are amazing. Truly amazing. So, how does that taste after being frozen for a long time? Still good? We make chili in the crockpot but it makes WAY too much for us to eat.
I don't think I have a pot that size!
Thank you to you and your husband for your visit the other night. It meant alot. I described the amazing cookies to my Dad as I savored it and he became very animated. I guess these same cookies are the ones he has been craving for years. So, if it is not a secret family recipe I was hoping that you might let us have a peek at it sometime.
Thanks again for thinking of us.
Alma Clark
Alma,
Been gone. I'm back. You're welcome to the recipe. I love them myself. It is kind of an old-fashioned recipe that older people like. I'll get it to you.
How big of a pot did you use?
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